worm crawled out of hermit crab shell

[LeighaMariie]

hi guys this worm thing just crawled out of an empty hermit crab shell i was adding to my tank. any idea of what it is and should i be concerned that I have more? (there is only one i see i just added two pictures together to zoom in)

 

[ScottR]

Looks like a typical bristleworm. You probably have more. But I wouldn’t really freak out. They’re welcomed in many tanks. Some like. Some don’t.

 

[Djwhitterz]

hi guys this worm thing just crawled out of an empty hermit crab shell i was adding to my tank. any idea of what it is and should i be concerned that I have more? (there is only one i see i just added two pictures together to zoom in)

That looks like a bristle worm mate, cant be sure because of the picture but they bite I think.
They are not necessarily bad for the tank basically part of cuc

 

[Sabellafella]

hi guys this worm thing just crawled out of an empty hermit crab shell i was adding to my tank. any idea of what it is and should i be concerned that I have more? (there is only one i see i just added two pictures together to zoom in)

Toss it! Might as well since it's out of the shell, super undesirable. They're a common aquatic fauna, theyre scavengers.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Zombie claw leach.
They attach to exoskeleton of hermit crabs and send electrical impulses down the rudimentary ganglia regions. Allowing the leach to control the claws. So can pick up a Virgin Cola. I know seems blasphemous that they have disregarded the pepsi vs coke battle.

ok,
+1 to bristle worm

 

[LeighaMariie]

Zombie claw leach.
They attach to exoskeleton of hermit crabs and send electrical impulses down the rudimentary ganglia regions. Allowing the leach to control the claws. So can pick up a Virgin Cola. I know seems blasphemous that they have disregarded the pepsi vs coke battle.

ok,
+1 to bristle worm

i was going with zombie claw too !

 

[LeighaMariie]

Thanks guys for your help. I flushed it. looked super creepy